Various Artists - Music from Mato Grosso / VariousThe very name 'Mato Grosso,' or 'Thick Forest' as it means in Portuguese, epitomizes the unknown and the unexplored. In the present century this obscure Brazilian wilderness, situated almost in the geographical center of the South American continent, gained worldwide interest with the disappearance of Colonel Fawcet and his party in 1926. Even today, though it may be reached by plane from Rio de Janeiro in less than a day, Mato Grosso is only just

and Stravinsky's Symphony in C

Daniela Barcellona & Carlo Ventre

The oratorio came across well and in the introduction by Franziska Seils to the score published by the ortus musikverlag

The boys attend the Kreuzschule in Dresden

Chicago-based four-piece Slow Pulp nestles comfortably into pockets of nuance

Teno Africa does something similar on Conka

Hoodoo Moon songs Ably backed by a band that includes his brother Noel on bass and keyboardist Lucky Peterson

Robert Vaughn and more

the guys were intent upon developing a pop oriented vocal/comedy act

The disc concludes with Richard Pygott's extraordinary Salve regina

a renowned Mozart conductor

but it remains an absolute classic of improvised music